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Language Arts

Trimester 1 Standards

Reading Literature and Informational Text

CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian.  These standards apply to all languages of instruction.

PowerStandards

Use explicit text evidence to describe and draw inferences in order to explain how both contribute to an understanding of the text. (RL & RI 4.1, 4.7 & 4.4)

Interpret information presented visually, orally, or qualitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the content. (RL & RI 4.5 & 4.7)

Year Long Standards

  • Identify and understand different structures and purposes of various text genres -e.g., prose, poems, drama, fables, folk tales -verse, rhythm, meter -casts, settings, descriptions, dialogue, and stage directions -chronological, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution.
  • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters/events found in mythology, history and current events.
  • Determine the meaning of and use general academic and domain-specific words or phrases.
  • Demonstrate understanding of a text using logical organization of inferential ideas, text evidence, and explanation (orally, written).
  • Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Tri 1 Standards

  • Summarize a fiction/narrative text.
  • Identify parts of a plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).
  • Compare/contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated.
  • Describe in depth a character in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
  • Find an answer by making an inference and support it with text evidence.
  • Find, refer to, and explain explicit text evidence supporting an inference.
  • Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text.

Speaking and Listening

CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian.  These standards apply to all languages of instruction.

PowerStandards

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, teacher-led) with diverse partners, listening actively, building on others’ ideas, and expressing ideas clearly. (SL 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)

Year Long Standards

  • Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
  • Engage in collaborative discussions using academic language.
  • Review the key ideas expressed and explain one’s own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
  • Link comments to others’ remarks.
  • Restate and carry out a variety of oral instruction.
  • Determine the purpose/category of listening. 
  • Listen for, identify and locate important information from a text.
  • Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information.
  • Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small group discussion).
  • Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.

Tri 1 Standards

  • Listen for, identify, and locate important information from a text read aloud and other media* formats.
  • Paraphrase information presented from text read aloud or other media* formats.
  • *Other media formats: written text, text read aloud, charts, graphs, web sites, presentations, speeches, movies, articles

Writing

CCSD 21 offers programs that provide instruction in English, Spanish & Russian.  These standards apply to all languages of instruction.

PowerStandards

Write narratives to develop authentic experiences or events using precise language to describe the situation, events, and reactions of characters. (W 4.3, 4.3b & L 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5)

Write opinion pieces on authentic topics supporting a single perspective with logical reasons supported by facts and details. (W 4.1, 4.1a & L 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5)

Year Long Standards

  • Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
  • In all types of writing:
    • Plan, develop, and organize writing according to task, purpose, and audience.
    • Draw evidence from various texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
    • Use appropriate transition words and phrases to link ideas.
    • Use precise and/or academic language and vocabulary specific to the topic.
    • Apply conventions of the written language.
  • Identify questions and strategies for improving drafts based on self-assessment and reflection in writing conferences with a teacher.
  • Use technology to research, produce and publish writing, and to interact and collaborate with others.
  • Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
  • Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research

Tri 1 Standards

  • Narrative:
  • Orient (set the scene for) the reader by introducing the narrator, characters, and the events/situation.
    • create hook
    • develop believable characters
  • Develop parts of a plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).
  • Develop experiences, events, and reactions of characters.
    • Adding Dialogue
    • Adding Sensory Details
  • Write a logical conclusion that provides a sense of closure.
  • Opinion:
    • Create or write an opinion/argument piece supporting claims with reasons and information.
    • Include or state an opinion, clearly defining a single perspective.
    • Organize and support reasons, ideas, facts, and details.
  • Grammar/Conventions:
    • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. 

English Reading Foundations

PowerStandards

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and monitor understanding, rereading as necessary to support comprehension. (RF 4.3, 4.4)

Year Long Standards

  • Read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.
  • Self-monitor comprehension of text read aloud and silently.
  • Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
  • Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, endangered when discussing animal preservation).
  • Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Tri 1 Standards

  • Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode words.
  • Recognize & Use:
    • Phonogram patterns
    • Word patterns with double consonants
  • Recognize & Use:
    • Word parts to solve unknown words
    • Word parts to understand the meanings of words
  • Recognize & Use: 
    • Possessives
    • Irregular plurals
  • Recognize & Use: 
    • Synonyms
    • Antonyms
  • Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries) both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of keywords and phrases.

Spanish Reading Foundations

PowerStandards

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and monitor understanding, rereading as necessary to support comprehension. (RF 4.3, 4.4)

Year Long Standards

  • RF.4.4. Leen con suficiente precisión y fluidez para apoyar la comprensión.
    • a. Leen textos a nivel de grado con propósito y comprensión. 
    • b. Leen oralmente prosa y poesía a nivel de grado con precisión, ritmo adecuado y expresión en lecturas sucesivas. 
    • c. Usan el contexto para confirmar o autocorregir el reconocimiento de las palabras y la comprensión, releyendo cuando sea necesario

Tri 1 Standards

  • RF.4.3. Conocen y aplican la fonética y las destrezas de análisis de palabras a nivel de grado, en la decodificación de palabras. 
    • Usan el conocimiento combinado de todas las correlaciones entre grafemas y fonemas, patrones de división en sílabas y la morfología (ejemplo: raíces y afijos), para leer con precisión palabras desconocidas de sílabas múltiples, en contexto y fuera de contexto. 
  • RF.4.4. Leen con suficiente precisión y fluidez para apoyar la comprensión.
    • Leen textos a nivel de grado con propósito y comprensión. 
    • Leen oralmente prosa y poesía a nivel de grado con precisión, ritmo adecuado y expresión en lecturas sucesivas. 
    • Usan el contexto para confirmar o autocorregir el reconocimiento de las palabras y la comprensión, releyendo cuando sea necesario

Russian Reading Foundations

PowerStandards

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and monitor understanding, rereading as necessary to support comprehension. (RF 4.3, 4.4)

Year Long Standards

  • Read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.
  • Self-monitor comprehension of text read aloud and silently.
  • Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
  • Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, endangered when discussing animal preservation).
  • Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Tri 1 Standards

  • Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode words
  • распознавать  личные местоимения, глаголы
  • выделять в предложении подлежащее и сказуемое, отличать главные члены от второстепенных
  • различать простое и сложное предложени